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Gambling addict successfully petitions Path of Exile to disable lockboxes

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In a year full of Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad news concerning lockboxes in online games, here may be the very first positive story...

PlanetSide Arena explores its trio of classes, sells $20 special edition

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When PlanetSide Arena arrives later next month, Daybreak hopes that players will flock to the battle royale shooter and latch on to one of...

MMO Year in Review: Columbus Nova who? (April 2018)

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We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into 2019! MMO...
All according to keikaku or something

MMO Year in Review: Thieves, Avatars, and Gorgons (March 2018)

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We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into 2019! March...

Bethesda compensates Fallout 76 players with three free Fallout titles

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It's not exactly an apology, but Bethesda is clearly trying to make amends for the rocky and disappointing rollout of Fallout 76 by giving...

Sea of Thieves reflects on 2018 in final developer update of the year

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The final Sea of Thieves developer update of 2018 has arrived, and just like every other studio at this time of year, Rare is...

MMO Week in Review: Atlas stumbles drunkenly into early access, yohoho and all that

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2018 just cannot be stopped - not even the holiday season can put the brakes on this train. This week (and after several false...

The MOP Up: Hytale takes a deeper approach to the Minecraft genre

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Have you heard of Hytale? If you're a fan of the Trove or Minecraft school of sandbox design, then it definitely bears further investigation....

MMO Year in Review: Dragon Bones, Funcom’s revival, and the politics of lockboxes (February 2018)

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We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into 2019! As...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s big investment, Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium ended the year with a bang, offsetting the reveal of its Squadron 42 roadmap...

MMO Year in Review: The SWTOR sunset scare (January 2018)

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December's many article roundups and awards always remind us that it's hard to remember what happened last month, let alone what happened way back...
Yes please.

Betawatch: Crowfall’s test campaigns have arrived, City of Titans delays Issue 0

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Good news, Crowfall fans, the first full campaign patch is here! Of course, this is just a test campaign; the first sanctioned campaign (which is...

World of Warships adds new campaigns and Belle Époque ships for Christmas

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Christmas has come to World of Warships with its latest update, which includes Belle Époque ships collection, the Mighty Prinz Campaign for folks who...

Ankama introduces massive content updates to Wakfu and Dofus

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The folks at French studio Ankama Games have been hard at work, and they've recently released major updates for their flagship MMOs Wakfu and...

The continuing early access launch saga of Wildcard’s new pirate MMO Atlas

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(We're updating this post at the bottom as the drama unfolds!) Marking its third delay since its announcement just two weeks ago, Wildcard's pirate MMO Atlas...

Blizzard details new HOTS cadence, shames toxic Overwatch pros, and pays over 100 Irish staff to leave

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Despite the recent news from Blizzard that Heroes of the Storm's development cadence is being scaled back, with some of its developers being shifted...

CCP announces event schedule for 2019’s EVE Online World Tour

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Not satisfied with their massive yearly Fanfests, the folks at CCP Games are taking EVE on a world tour, and they've just announced the...

Crowfall muses on lessons learned from first test campaigns

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Earlier this week, Crowfall began its first ever proper campaigns, allowing players to fight it out in a three-faction brawl for survival and control...
THE LAW

FBI seizes 15 different websites hiring out DDoS services

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Isn't it awesome that you can go to a website, pay some money (or Bitcoin, of course this would take Bitcoin), and then have...

No Man’s Sky multiplayer finally hits beta for GOG players

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No Man's Sky took its place in the hierarchy of multiplayer titles - even MMOs, one might argue - this year with the addition...

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